Includes bibliographical references and index.

National context matters : influence of National Business System on social enterprises i Scotland and India / Sreevas Sahasranamam and Christopher Ball -- Industry matters : comparative study of Vietnam's SME managers and workers on meaning and impacts of CSR in two manufacturing sectors / Angie Ngọc Trân and Søren Jeppesen -- Cluster matters : corporate social responsibility and micro, small and medium-sized enterprise clusters in India / Mukesh Gulati, Peter Lund-Thomsen and Sangeetha Suresh -- Adding a small business perspective to research on working conditions in global production networks / Vivek Soundararajan -- SME resources and capabilities for sustainability performance : a framework for emerging economies / Burcin Hatipoglu -- Small business social responsibility and sustainability metrics : a focus on environmental performance measurement and waste / Diego Vazquez-Brust and Laura J. Spence -- Financial development and the efficiency of microfinance institutions / Niels Hermes, Robert Lensink and Aljar Meesters -- Corporate sustainability and social responsibility of smallholder farmers : implications for agriculture financing / Emmanuel Benjamin, Ebele Maduekwe, Maarten Punt and Gertrud Buchenrieder -- Financial aggregation of risks for MSMEs in developing economies : a conceptual framework of financial aggregation and microinsurance effects / Jyoti Navare and Morrison Handley-Schachler -- Exploring the global potential of social entrepreneurship and small business social responsibility for tackling societal value creation / Anica Zeyen and Markus Beckmann -- Social entrepreneurship and CSR theory : insights, application and value / David Littlewood and Diane Hold -- Hybrid organisations and models of social enterprise in Ghana and Bangladesh / Fergus Lyon and Abdullah Al Faruq -- The tree of knowledge : sustainable management practices for a collaborative ecosystem amongst small to medium enterprises / Heather Stewart and Rod Gapp -- Enabling sustainability in SMEs through action research / Patricia Hind and Arnold Smit -- Case study : scaling up social responsibility among small foundry clusters in India / Mukesh Gulati and Ruchita Sanwal -- Case study : clustering - a way to create shared value? A case study of a food and drink cluster organisation in England / Darla Dore -- Case study : human capital and environmental engagement of SMEs in Pakistan - a comparative analysis of the leather industry / Aqueel I. Wahga, Richard K. Blundel and Anja Schaefer -- Case study : incubation and relevance of social businesses in rural Nepal. A case study of a social business incubator in Jumla / Ingeborg Patsch.

Ideas like corporate social responsibility (CSR) and stakeholder value creation are becoming second nature to businesses across the globe. Addressing the weakness of current CSR research, this research handbook provides a unique perspective on small business social responsibility in both the developed and developing world. Bringing together leading international experts, and including a foreword by R. Edward Freeman, this research handbook defines and contextualises CSR in small businesses across the globe. It explores issues surrounding supply chains, responsible finance, and social enterprise, offering both practitioner insights and succinct case studies to go beyond the usual Western perspective and enable a globally relevant understanding of small business social responsibility.